Free Republic University, Department of History presents
World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
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New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
2 posted on
08/11/2011 5:37:07 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
August 11 
"At the beginning of the war, the Jews of Lvov numbered 110,000--the third largest Jewish community in Poland.
A flood of refugees brought an additional 100,000.
The SS and their Ukrainian helpers murdered all but a few thousand.
"The killing began in June 1941.
Encouraged by Einsatzgruppe C, Ukrainian nationalists unleashed hellish pogroms that over the next two months claimed 6000 Jewish lives.
That fall the Nazis forced Jews to move into a section of the city that was sealed with barbed wire.
While moving into this ghetto, 5000 elderly and disabled people were murdered; the women were bludgeoned, the men lined against a wall and shot.
"In 1941 the SS set up a camp and forced Lvov's Jews to perform slave labor.
Sadistic camp commanders used Jews for target practice, aiming at noses or fingers.
The injured were finished off with a shot.
Those judged unfit for work were marched to a sandy area away from camp, where they were murdered.
As many as 200,000 were executed in this "Valley of Death."
Tens of thousands were shipped to the Belzec, Poland, death camp.
"While liquidating the Lvov Ghetto in 1943, SS members hunted down and killed every Jew they could find.
Some fled to nearby forests.
A handful survived by hiding in sewers."
10 posted on
08/11/2011 6:56:33 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective....)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
- "Regarding the general situation, it stands out more and more clearly that we underestimated the Russian colossus, which prepared itself consciously for war with the complete unscrupulousness that is typical of totalitarian states. This statement refers just as much to organizational as to economic strengths, to traffic management, above all to pure military potential. At the start of the war we reckoned with 200 enemy divisions. Now we already count 360. These divisions are not armed and equipped in our sense, and tactically they are inadequately led in many ways. But they are there and when we destroy a dozen of them then the Russians put another dozen in their place. The time factor favors them, as they are near to their own centers of power, while we are always moving further away from ours." - Franz Halder
To: Homer_J_Simpson
To: Homer_J_Simpson
21,000 lbs is pretty heavy for a fighter if you ask me. What is that, 4 times heavier than a P-40? Heck, I think this plane is heavier than a B-17.
To: Homer_J_Simpson
They were probably ‘checked’ into all the local hotels.
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